You employed your tried-and-true methodology with this individual and they tripped up for one reason or another
Partly. Also, that my insistence on that methodology trips me up also, like I'm inflexible and sometimes that costs me something that I might otherwise not have wanted to lose through upholding my values so stringently. Honour and integrity can be a dichotomy, is what I guess I'm trying to say.
For one, trying to be there as often as I can to teach him things that were not taught to me, in addition to the great things that were taught to me.
If this is what you do then E-dog is in good hands, as I've said before. It's all we can, the best we know how, and that's what my parents did as well, although they got some of it wrong; they were just human after all.
in hopes that I can be an agent of positive change for him and my little family,
From what I know, you're well on the right track.
Things happen that are out of our control, but I'm hoping that you could impart your knowledge, skills and life lessons on a young lad or gal that is a neighbour or someone nearby.
I have my niece and nephew and that's something. I do what I can I guess, with whomever is open to it and whilst I'm not always right, I'm always me and there's often something a person can take away from that if they choose.